Don’t Cry For Me Sri Lanka
By Suranimala Umagiliya “We are what we do repeatedly. Excellency, therefore is not an act but a habit” Oh what…
Category: OPINIONS
How to Prevent Next Emergency in Sri Lanka?
By N.S.Venkataraman After several years of ethnic strife and civil war and decisively defeating the separatists, it was thought that…
Education and VTEC allocations must target youth unemployment
By Dinesh Weerakkody Many entrepreneurs say the skills shortage is starting to bite as businesses are struggling to find workers…
Northern poverty and poor health reduced by lessons from wartime foraging
By Jekhan Aruliah The British author Charles Dickens created a character, Mr.Micawber, who was permanently in debt. Translated into a…
WAY FORWARD – AMIDSTS CONFUSIONS!
By Tennekone Rusiripala Threatening ‘Radical restructuring’ programs following the last LG elections debacle experienced by the government appears to be…
Survival PLOYS and STRATEGEM assuming national proportions
By T.Rusiripala Last LG elections has become a strategic watershed for the continuation of the National Government. Awaken from a…
STATE BANKS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE…….
By T. Rusiripala One of the main conditions attached to the economic reforms package recommended by the IMF for the…
Dog gone: United Airlines mistakenly flies family German shepherd to Japan
The cargo of bars of concentrated ore used to transport the precious metals weighed 9.3 tonnes. “As it gathered height,…
Will the State banks take the plunge along with Sri Lankan?
The extraordinary gazette notification appointing the Presidential Commission of Inquiry was issued on 2 February. The COI comprises three senior…
Welcome to the Era of Presidents for Life
In 1813, not long before the end of his reign, Napoleon Bonaparte told the Austrian foreign minister, Count Metternich, the…